Thursday, November 7, 2013

Justin Murray
Information Research SpecialistWhen federal government agencies and programs lack budget authority, they
experience a “funding gap” (sometimes referred to as funding lapses).
Under the Anti Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. § 1341 et seq.), they must cease
operations, except in certain circumstances. When there is a funding gap
that affects many federal entities, the situation is often referred to as a
government shutdown.

This report provides an annotated list of Congressional Research Service (CRS)
resources and analyses relevant to

the funding gap that commenced on October 1, 2013, and terminated on October 17,
2013, with the enactment of P.L. 113-46, a continuing appropriations measure providing
appropriations through January 15, 2014;

Status information on pending regular appropriations and continuing
appropriations measures and links to related CRS analytical products is
available via the FY2014 CRS Status Table of Appropriations at
http://www.crs.gov/Pages/AppropriationsStatusTable.aspx. Information on FY2014
Continuing Resolution measures are available by clicking on the “Continuing Resolutions”
tab in the table.

CRS reports on regular appropriations measures and component reports on
particular programs and agency appropriations are available at
http://crs.gov/Pages/clis.aspx?cliid=73&preview= False.

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